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Pulsed ultraviolet-light technology and ecoinnovations for safeguarding consumer health and fragile seafood industry from norovirus outbreaks
(Athlone Institute of Technology, 2020-06)
Contamination of water and food are responsible by many outbreaks and deaths worldwide, caused by failures in production, ineffective disinfection techniques, proximity to sources of contamination, and human intervention ...
Digital transformation of peatland eco-innovations (‘Paludiculture’): Enabling a paradigm shift towards the real-time sustainable production of ‘green-friendly’ products and services
(Elsevier, 2022-05-29)
The world is heading in the wrong direction on carbon emissions where we are not on track to limit global warming to
1.5 °C; Ireland is among the countries where overall emissions have continued to rise. The development ...
Detection, fate and inactivation of pathogenic Norovirus employing settlement and UV treatment in wastewater treatment facilities.
(Elsevier, 2016-10)
It is accepted that discharged wastewaters can be a significant source of pathogenic viruses in receiving water bodies contributing to pollution and may in turn enter the human food chain and pose a risk to human health, ...
Potential use of peatlands as future locations for the sustainable intensification of freshwater aquaculture production - a case study from the Republic of Ireland
(Elsevier, 2020-03-01)
There has been an increasing interest in enhancing freshwater aquaculture processes without hindering the progress of the Water Framework Directive. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (Ireland’s national seafood development organisation), ...
Bacterial inactivation, photoreactivation and dark repair post flow-through pulsed IV disinfection
(Elsevier, 2021-04-19)
Pulsed UV (PUV) technology is accepted commercially for disinfection within the food packaging industry, but has yet to be deployed by the water/wastewater sector. This is partly due to a lack of robust, independently ...
Achieving sustainability of the seafood sector in the European Atlantic area by addressing eco-social challenges: the NEPTUNUS Project.
(2022-03-05)
: Fisheries and aquaculture are becoming a focus of societal concern driven by globalization
and increasing environmental degradation, mainly caused by climate change and marine litter. In
response to this problem, the ...
DairyWater: striving for sustainability within the dairy processing industry in the Republic of Ireland.
(CUP, 2018-08)
This Review describes the objectives and methodology of the DairyWater project as it aims to aid the Irish dairy processing industry in achieving sustainability as it expands. With the abolition of European milk quotas in ...
Addressing challenges and opportunities of the European seafood sector under a circular economy framework.
(Elsevier, 2020-02)
The European seafood and aquaculture sectors are facing important challenges in terms of environmental threats (climate change, marine debris, resources depletion), social development (worker rights, consumer's awareness) ...
The effect of wastewater treatment processes, in particular ultraoviolet light treatment, on pathogenic virus removal.
(Environmental Protection Agency, 2016)
Municipal wastewater treatment plant discharges are
a recognised source of human pathogenic viruses, of
which norovirus is of great concern and the leading
cause of viral gastroenteritis worldwide. Currently, no
legislation ...
Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) as an in vivo infection model for domestic effluent contamination in seawater
(Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest, 2022)
Contamination of water and food are responsible by many outbreaks and deaths worldwide. Pathogens such as bacteria, yeasts
and viruses can reach the shellfish by several routes, where the discharge of domestic effluent ...